JUNE 1, 2023 Here in California, our health voices are countering corporate influence over policymakers and supporting frontline community efforts for healthy homes and environments. We are also working to oppose Carbon Capture Sequestration and hydrogen blending in homes. Below please find just a few examples of policies and actions we have been working on ...
March 15, 2023 SF Bay PSR and other members of the Bay Area Clean Air coalition sponsored this important resolution! BIG NEWS! On March 15, after six hours of public comments and nail biting....the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) passed the nation's first zero-emissions appliance standard to gradually transition Bay Area homes to ...
March 2023 We invite you to help with these efforts and much more. Protect Communities from Oil Wells: Fight the ballot measure to reverse SB 1137 Environmental justice communities have fought for over a decade to protect themselves and their families from oil and gas pollution and to mandate a health protective zone around their ...
READ our 2022 Accomplishments Report!
Bravo to SF Bay PSR Board Members Dr. Tova Fuller and Dr. Michael J. Martin for their recent op-ed in the SF Chronicle March 15, 2022! Dear Friends, This is why I came back. Because PSR has always connected the dots. And that is why, after four decades, SF Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility ...
Below please find recent efforts and reading list re: advocating for peace in the Urkaine. Last updated 3/14/22. No Nuclear War in Urkaine Supported by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, SF Bay PSR, PSR National, and others. As healthcare professionals, we call for NATO and the Russian Federation to renounce the ...
Thank you to our intern Daisy Valdivieso for writing this update! SF Bay PSR EHC Members continue to work energetically on wide-ranging collaborative efforts to engage health professionals and students, health care institutions, and policy makers to address the unceasing threats of our climate to our health. Recent highlights include: Health Professional Education / Curriculum ...
SF Bay PSR Board Member Aude Bouagnon and her mom at rally for BVHP In February 2022, residents of Bayview-Hunters Point led a march down Third Street demanding the complete clean-up of toxic and radioactive waste from the Naval Shipyard and surrounding areas. Led by activists and organizers from the Marie Harrison ...
SF Bay PSR is working closely with the PSR National office on efforts in three main areas related to nuclear weapons abolition goals envisioned in our Back from the Brink (BftB) campaign. First, we are supporting legislation that would divert wasteful military spending, particularly on nuclear modernization efforts, to address graver threats to our country illustrated ...
SF Bay PSR’s Divestment/Investment Task Force has been steadily pushing the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), which manages pensions for 1.6 million workers, to divest from fossil fuels. READ our most recent letter sent to the CalPERS board before their Nov 15–17 meeting, written by Dr. Robert M. Gould, past-President and current member of ...
